Are you kidding me? The Big 4 have been waiting for one another to take the plunge on this for years. The NBA will take the heat on this as sports writers run for their fainting couches, but I guarantee the NFL, NHL, and MLB will follow suit within 5 years. The only question is which league will be the last one to do it. Tempting to say baseball, but remember Selig is a former owner.

barneyfifesbullet:With the NBA it's pretty much just running back and forth and shoving a ball through a hoop, and little defense.

You know how I know you don't watch or understand basketball? What an ignorant comment.

As for the jersey ads, the NBA better not expect me to buy a jersey with a McDonalds or Bank of America logo, it's so tacky. People can point to how soccer has big ads on their jerseys, but I still think it's tacky plus they have an excuse since they barely have commercials.

TheJoe03:You know how I know you don't watch or understand basketball? What an ignorant comment.

People that think there's a ton of strategy behind baseball and less in other sports tend to be the dumbest people alive. Oh, pitch away from the guys that suck at hitting pitches away? Put in your best players? Take guys out when they're roughly 7 innings/100 pitches in unless they're going for a no-hitter or perfect game? Man, it's just so complicated!

IAmRight:People that think there's a ton of strategy behind baseball and less in other sports tend to be the dumbest people alive.

I could see someone make the argument for football (American or Canadian), but baseball? The catcher/pitcher interaction and the catcher's knowledge of opposing batters takes the most strategic and planning skills, but that's just one or two guys.

puffy999:I could see someone make the argument for football (American or Canadian), but baseball? The catcher/pitcher interaction and the catcher's knowledge of opposing batters takes the most strategic and planning skills, but that's just one or two guys.

Exactly - there are tons of coaches in basketball and football and days off in between. Just because baseball is slow doesn't mean there's a whole lot of thinking going on between pitches. And given how easy it is to determine probabilities, strengths and weaknesses with the data available? C'mon.

IAmRight:puffy999: I could see someone make the argument for football (American or Canadian), but baseball? The catcher/pitcher interaction and the catcher's knowledge of opposing batters takes the most strategic and planning skills, but that's just one or two guys.

Exactly - there are tons of coaches in basketball and football and days off in between. Just because baseball is slow doesn't mean there's a whole lot of thinking going on between pitches. And given how easy it is to determine probabilities, strengths and weaknesses with the data available? C'mon.

I love baseball. It is my favorite sport. But a guy can play for one team one day and a new team the next. It is far from the most complex, in my opinion.

Slu:I love baseball. It is my favorite sport. But a guy can play for one team one day and a new team the next. It is far from the most complex, in my opinion.

Well, I appreciate that you can enjoy it without needing to pretend it's something others "don't get." That puts you above pretty much all other baseball fans (and a lot of soccer fans, who also assume that anyone that doesn't like their sport just "doesn't get it.")